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Mario's family emigrated to the USA and was hugely popular but that was a different era. for arguments sake if Hammy gets married to an American gal (and a hugely popular pop start to boot) and chooses to make his home there could that be enough to make F1 more appealing in the USA? |
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i forgot about them. sadly Posh is far more popular than Becks is over here and thats probably true everywhere
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I also think that having young, personable drivers of any nationality helps. They have the youth, and in fact, many of them have the personality, but it gets lost in the intensity of their line of work. And with the only real exposure to American fans being on race weekends, a lot of them paint these drivers as major *******s with huge egos and no personality. Character will always sell to Americans, even foreign character, but we don't get to see a lot of it. I can certainly say from my own experience that there's a lot more to Vettel, Alonso, and Massa than you get in a post-race presser...but most only get that, at least here. If Lewis could have a larger presence in the U.S., I think he would sell. He's a bit controversial, certainly makes a lot of interesting comments, a spectacular driver to watch, and just has that "edgy and cool" factor. His superstar life could really sell to American youths. Something like Chad Ochocinco or LeBron James if Lewis wants to really turn it up a notch; he does want a larger brand in America. And you have to be careful...not all Americans will sell. The America vs. the world angle only works when the American is, well, what America wants an American to be. Strong, tough, gritty, hard-working, has to have the small-town backstory...a guy like Scott Speed didn't convince his country to get behind him. Someone like Alexander Rossi likely won't either, even if his results are there. If it's a big ego guy who can back it up and does a lot of talking and a lot of the "celebrity" stuff, the youth will latch on, but as I say, I think Hamilton fills that void even if he's not American (though some people who do the NASCAR coverage have called him African-American more than once, when he is, in fact, neither). In short, they just need characters. It may be easier to sell an American character, on the basis of stronger English, the America vs. the world storyline, having similar traits based on similar cultures, but...if you're looking for the 18-34 crowd, and they most definitely are, just plugging an American in won't make F1 a success here. In dream world, you'd have a billing with Vettel as the youth, Hamilton as the superstar, and Alonso as the villain. But no one will bill them as anything until the media cares, and the media will only care when there's a gritty American scrapper taking them on as if they are all the enemy. The GP itself, though, with all that said, will still have good attendance the first year, whenever it gets ready. That's inevitable, and quite fortunate. From there, who knows what impression it will make. |
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Tom Cruise maybe ??
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You might also need a few more more races on TV at a time when some of those "yoots" of the new generation in the USA aren't still sleeping after partying all night on Saturday.
Any "new" sport with almost no history or fan base, introduced in a country with no driver or team that is 5 hours behind the normal televised coverage is going to be a tough sell. I realize there are other countries on bad time zones out there but they have drivers, teams or the fan base for other reasons. This extremely biased fan thinks F1 should already be immensely popular in the States despite no race or driver but alas it isn't, probably for a lot of other reasons and I really don't think Austin or any other US venue will do much to make Americans F1 fanatics. It will help, but it won't be a turning point because F1 is a European thing, NOT an American thing. Yea Americans my watch a little football (soccer) but they largely ignore European matches and the World Cup unless they are in it. The same goes for other European sport. Quite frankly, with baseball; (including MLB, college & Little League), football; (NFL, college & high school), basketball; (NBA & college), hockey, NASCAR, PGA, tennis, boxing, UFC and a few other sports I forgot on TV in 3 convenient times zones with LOTS of Americans thrown in for good measure... ...who needs F1? But what the measure of success of a USGP in Austin or elsewhere will be is the biggest question. Considering there is nothing in the US right now success has already been achieved IMHO with a race on the schedule. What the folks in charge think in 10 years remains to be seen. |
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date has been set guys for this track and it is Nov 18
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World Motor Sport Council 31/08/2011 Following a fax vote by its members, the World Motor Sport Council has ratified, by unanimous decision, the following points: FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP The 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar is confirmed as follows: 18/03 AUS Australia 25/03 MYS Malaysia 15/04 CHN China 22/04 BAH Bahrain 13/05 ESP Spain 27/05 MCO Monaco 10/06 CAN Canada 24/06 EUR Europe 08/07 GBR Great Britain 22/07 DEU Germany 29/07 HUN Hungary 02/09 BEL Belgium 09/09 ITA Italy 23/09 SGP Singapore 07/10 JPN Japan 14/10 KOR Korea 28/10 IND India 04/11 ARE Abu Dhabi 18/11 USA United States 25/11 BRA Brazil |
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Well, the number of babes in the picture doesn't reflect the number of tracks in the calendar...
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I agree completely, I don't think it makes any difference to the average American fan...
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If you had Will Power in F1 that would generate a lot of interest.
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You're dead right IndyCar is lame, good reason to get out. He was good in Champ Car and the DP01 was a far superior machine to the Dallara. I reckon he would be good in F1, he's head and shoulders above the others on road/street tracks.
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He is good, a bit short in the attitude department at the moment...
Can you see him giving Charlie the finger? I don't think so |
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